diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgis/template b/srcpkgs/postgis/template
index a247e443e7e..4937800b34a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/postgis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgis/template
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ configure_args="--with-projdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
  --with-jsondir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
  --with-protobufdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
  --with-geosconfig=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/geos-config"
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool perl pkg-config geos libgdal-tools postgresql-libs-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool perl which pkg-config geos libgdal-tools
+ postgresql-libs-devel"
 makedepends="geos-devel libgdal-devel libpqxx-devel libxml2-devel postgresql-libs-devel
  proj-devel protobuf-c-devel pcre-devel json-c-devel"
 short_desc="Spatial database extender for PostgreSQL"